Sagna, who has joined Manchester City on a three year contract, said: “As players we aspire to go as far as possible, we aspire to win trophies and for me it would be a failure not to win the Cup.

“We’ve set ourselves certain ­objectives. First of all we wanted to get out of the group stage. Now we’re taking each game as it comes and we want to go all the way. So to stop against Nigeria would be a failure.

“It’s one of the most important matches of my career. A lot of big teams have gone out and we’re still here. It will be a difficult game.